Really, Wikipedia as a verifiable source?


Considering that most of the references for that page go to a .gov site... and you can see how it (Aspartame) is portrayed as alright for you to consume. Also quite a few references go back to a Washington Post article... and the WP has been receiving money from the Govt to promote Obamacare to the sum of $500k+, so I am sure they promote other things as well for the Govt.
Also if you go back to the Natural News articles there are several sources referenced on the articles from other sites, etc.
But here you go:
An analysis of peer reviewed medical literature using MEDLINE and other databases was conducted by Ralph G. Walton, MD, Chairman, The Center for Behavioral Medicine, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Dr. Walton analyzed 164 studies which were felt to have relevance to human safety questions. Of those studies, 74 studies had aspartame industry-related sponsorship and 90 were funded without any industry money.
Of the 90 non-industry-sponsored studies, 83 (92%) identified one or more problems with aspartame. Of the 7 studies which did not find a problems, 6 of those studies were conducted by the FDA. Given that a number of FDA officials went to work for the aspartame industry immediately following approval (including the former FDA Commissioner), many consider these studies to be equivalent to industry-sponsored research.
Of the 74 aspartame industry-sponsored studies, all 74 (100%) claimed that no problems were found with aspartame. This is reminiscent of tobacco industry research where it is primarily the tobacco research which never finds problems with the product, but nearly all of the independent studies do find problems.
The 74 aspartame industry-sponsored studies are those which one invariably sees cited in PR/news reports and reported by organizations funded by Monsanto/Benevia/NutraSweet (e.g., IFIC, ADA). These studies have severe design deficiencies which help to guarantee the "desired" outcomes. These design deficiencies may not be apparent to the inexperienced scientist. Healthcare practitioners and scientists should print out the all of the documents on the Monsanto/NutraSweet Scientific Abuse web page, the Scientific FAQs web page and the Aspartame Toxicity Reaction Report Samples.
-Aspartame Ingestion Causes Formaldehyde Accumulation in the Body
-Aspartame and MSG Cause Painful Fibromyalgia Symptoms
-Aspartame and Brain Tumors
-Aspartame causes Memory Loss
-etc, etc, etc...
RESEARCH </td> <td align="center"> FUNDING
SOURCE </td> <td align="center" width="200"> STUDY OUTCOME </td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" border="1" width="630"><tbody><tr> <td align="center" width="40"> DATE </td> <td align="center" width="300">

RESEARCH

SOURCE </td> <td align="center" width="95"> ADVERSE REACTION IDENTIFIED</td> <td align="center" width="95"> SAFETY OF ASPARTAME SUPPORTED </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1970</td> <td valign="top">Olney, Brain Damage in Infant Mice Following Oral Intake of Glutamate, Aspartate or Cysteine. Nature 1970;227:609-610.</td> <td valign="top">Washington
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1975</td> <td valign="top">Olney JW, Aspartame as a Sweetener. NEJM 1975;292(23):1244-1245.</td> <td valign="top">Washington
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1977</td> <td valign="top">Mishiro Y and Keneko H, Effect of a Dipeptide, Aspartame, on Lactic Acid Production in Human Whole Saliva. J Dent Res 1977;56(11):1427.</td> <td valign="top">Nippon Dental
University,
Tokyo</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1979</td> <td valign="top">Brunner RL, Vorhees CV, Kinney L, Butcher RE, et al., Aspartame: Assessment of Developmental Psychotoxicity of a New Artificial Sweetener. Neurobehavioral Toxicology 1979;1:79-86.</td> <td valign="top">USFDA</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1980</td> <td valign="top">Olney, Brain Damage in Mice from Voluntary Ingestion of Glutamate and Aspartate. Neurobehavioral Toxicology and Teratology 1980;2:125-129.</td> <td valign="top">Washington
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1982</td> <td valign="top">Uribe, Potential Toxicity of a New Sugar Substitute in Patients with Liver Disease. N Engl J Med 1982;173-174.</td> <td valign="top">Institute National
De La Nutrition
* Mexico</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1983</td> <td valign="top">Wurtman, Effects of Aspartame and Glucose on Rat Brain Amino Acids and Serotin. New England Journal of Medicine 1983;309(7):429-430.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1983</td> <td valign="top">Wurtman RJ, Neurological Changes Following High Dose Aspartame with Dietary Carbohydrates. N Engl J Med 1983;309(7):429-430.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1984</td> <td valign="top">Olney, Excitotoxic Food Additives * Relevance of Animal Studies to Human Safety. Neurobehavioral Toxicology and Teratology 1984;6:455-562.</td> <td valign="top">Research
Scientist
Award
MH-38894</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1984</td> <td valign="top">Monte, Aspartame: Methanol and the Public Health. J Appl Nutr 36(1):42-54.</td> <td valign="top">Arizona
State
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1984</td> <td valign="top">Yokogoshi H,k Roberts CH, Canballero B, Wuetman RJ, Effects of Aspartame and Glucose Administration on Brain and Plasma Levels of Large Neutral Amino Acids and Brain 5-Hydroxyindoles. Amer J Clin Nutr 1984;40:1-7.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1984</td> <td valign="top">Mahalik MP and Gautieri RF, Reflex Responsiveness of CF-1 Mouse Neonates Following Maternal Aspartame Exposure. Research Communications in Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavior 1984;9(4):385-403.</td> <td valign="top">None
Specified</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1985</td> <td valign="top">Novick, Aspartame Induced Granulomatous Panniculitis. Ann Int Med 102(2):206-207.</td> <td valign="top">Mt. Sinai
Medical Center</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1985</td> <td valign="top">Grobelny D and Galardy RE, A Metabolite of Aspartame Inhibits Angiotensin Converting Enzyme. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 1985; 128(2):960-964.</td> <td valign="top">University
of
Kentucky</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1985</td> <td valign="top">Wurtman, RJ, Aspartame: Possible Effects on Seizure Susceptibility. Lancet 1985;2(8463):1060.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1985</td> <td valign="top">Ferguson JM, Interaction of Aspartame and Carbohydrates in an Eating Disordered Patient. Am J Psych 1985 Feb;142(2):271.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Kulczycki A Jr., Aspartame * Induced Urticaria. Ann Intern Med 1986;104(2):207-208.</td> <td valign="top">N.I.H.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Pardridge WM, The Safety of Aspartame [Letter]. JAMA 1986;256(19):2678.</td> <td valign="top">UCLA School
of Medicine</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Koehler SM, A New Dietary Caution for Migraine Sufferers. Dir in Appl Nut 1986;1:1-7.</td> <td valign="top">Center for
Brain Sciences
and Metabolism
U of FL. </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Kiritsky PJ and Maher TJ, Acute Effects of Aspartame on Systolic Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. J Neural Transmission 1986;66(2):121-128.</td> <td valign="top">National
Institute of
Neurological,
Communicative
Diseases and
Stroke</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Yokogoshi H and Wurtman RJ, Acute Effects of Oral or Parenteral Aspartame on Catecholamine Metabolism in Various Regions of Rat Brain. J Nutr 1986;116:356-364.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Walton, Seizure and Mania After High Intake of Aspartame. Psychosomatics 27:218-220.</td> <td valign="top">Chautauqua
County Dept of
Mental Health</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Drake ME, Panic Attacks and Excessive Aspartame Ingestion [Letter]. Lancet 1986;2(8507):631.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Johns DR, Migrane Provoked by Aspartame. New Eng J Medicine 1986;315(7):456.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Blundell JE, Hill AJ, Paradoxical Effects of an Intense Sweetener Aspartame on Appetite. Lancet 1986;1(8489):1092-3.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Caballero B, Mahon BE, Rohr FJ, Levy HL, Wurtman RJ, et. al., Plasma Amino Acid Levels after Single Dose Aspartame Consumption in Phenylketonuria Mild Hyperphenylalaninemia and Heterozygous State for Phenylketonuria. Journal of Pediatrics 1986;109(4):668-671.</td> <td valign="top">National Institute
of Neurological,
Communicate
Diseases and
Stroke</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Bradstock MK, Serdula MK, Marks IS, et al., Evaluation of Reactions to Food Additives: The Aspartame Experience. AM J Clin Nutr 1986 Mar;43(3):464-9.</td> <td valign="top">Federal
Government</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1986</td> <td valign="top">Coulombe RA Jr., Sharma RP, Neurobiochemical Alterations Induced by the Artificial Sweetener Aspartame. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1986;83(1):79-85.</td> <td valign="top">Utah State
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1987</td> <td valign="top">Wurtman RJ, Aspartame Effects on Brain Serotonin. Am J Clin Nutr 1987 Apr;45(4):799-803.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1987</td> <td valign="top">Maher TJ and Wurtman RJ, Possible Neurologic Effects of Aspartame, a Widely Used Food Additive. Environmental Health Perspectives 1987;75:53-57.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T. &
Federal
Government</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1987</td> <td valign="top">Drogari E, Smith I, Beasley M, Lloyd JK, Timing of Strict Diet in Relation to Fetal Damage in Maternal Phenylketonuria: An International Collaborative Study by the MRC/DHSS Phenylketonuria Register. Lancet 1987;2(8565):927-30.</td> <td valign="top">Institute
of Child
Health</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1987</td> <td valign="top">Elsas, et al., Changes in Physiological Concentrations of Blood Phenylalanine Produce Changes in Human Brain Function. Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function Birkhauser Boston 1988;187-195.</td> <td valign="top">Emory
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Roberts: Neurological, Psychiatric and Behavioral Reactions to Aspartame in 505 Aspartame Reactors. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 373-376.</td> <td valign="top">Palm Beach
Institute for
Medical Research</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Pinto and Maher, Aspartame, Phenylalanine and Seizures in Experimental Animals. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 95-103.</td> <td valign="top">National Institute
of Neurological
and
Communicative
Diseases and
Stroke</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Roberts, Reactions Attributed to Aspartame * Containing Products: 551 Cases. Journal of Applied Nutrition 1988;40:85-94.</td> <td valign="top">Palm Beach
Institute for
Medical Research</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Roberts, Neurological Psychiatric and Behavioral Reactions to Aspartame in 505 Aspartame Reactors. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 373-376.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Wurtman and Maher, Calculation of the Aspartame Dose for Rodents that Produces Neurochemical Effects Comparable to Those Occurring in People. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 144-148.</td> <td valign="top">M.I.T.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Pinto JM, Mahea TJ, Administration of Aspartame Potentiates Pentylenetetrazole and Fluorothyl-Induced Seizures in Mice. Neuropharmacology 1988;27(1):51-55.</td> <td valign="top">Massachusetts
College of
Pharmacy</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Walton, The Possible Role of Aspartame in Seizure Induction. Proceedings of the first International Conference on Phenylalanine and the Brain. Wurtman RJ, Walker E (eds.), Center for Brain Sciences and Metabolism Charitable Trust, Cambridge, 1987.</td> <td valign="top">Chautauqua
County Dept of
Mental Health</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Tollefson L, Monitoring Adverse Reactions to Food Additives in the US Food and Drug Administration. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 1988;8(4):438-446.</td> <td valign="top">FDA</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="pink" valign="top">X</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Olney, Excitotoxic Food Additives * Functional Teratological Aspects. In Progress in Brain Research, Vol 73 * Biochemical Basis of Functional Neuroteratology: Permanent Effects of Chemical on the Developing Brain, edited by Boer, GJ, et al., Elsevier, New York 1988.</td> <td valign="top">Washington
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Tollefson L, Monitoring of Adverse Reactions to Aspartame Reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 317-326.</td> <td valign="top">FDA</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="pink" valign="top">X</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Steinmetzer and Kunkel, Aspartame and Headache [letter]. N Engl J Med 1988;318(18):1201.</td> <td valign="top">Cleveland Clinic</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Spiers, et al., Aspartame and Human Behavior: Cognitive and Behavioral Observations. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 169-178.</td> <td valign="top">Center for Brain Sciences and Metabolism Charitable Trust</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Sardesai, et. al., Effect of Aspartame in Diabetic Rats. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 265-268.</td> <td valign="top">Wayne State
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Matalon, et. al., Aspartame Consumption in Normal Individuals and Carriers for Phenylketonuria. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 41-52.</td> <td valign="top">N.I.H. and
The University
of
Illinois</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Guiso G, Caccia S, Vezzani A, et. al., Effect of Aspartame on Seizures in Various Models of Experimental Epilepsy. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 1988;96:485-493.</td> <td valign="top">Istituto di
Ricerche
Farmacologiche
Mario Negri,
Via Eritrea</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Johns, Aspartame and Headache. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 303-312.</td> <td valign="top">Johns Hopkins
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Fernstrom, Effects of Aspartame Ingestion on Large Neutral Amino Acids and Monoamine Neurotransmitters in the Central Nervous System. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 87-96.</td> <td valign="top">N.I.M.H.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Maher and Kiritsy, Aspartame Administration Decreases the Entry of Alpha-Methyldopa into the Brain of Rats. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 122-126.</td> <td valign="top">Massachusetts
College of
Pharmacy</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Elsas, Aspartame and Migraine. N Engl J Med 1988;318(18):1201.</td> <td valign="top">Emory
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Kim, et al., The Effect of Aspartame on 50% Convulsion Doses of Lidocaine. In: Wurtman and Ritter-Walker (eds.). Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988, pp. 127-130.</td> <td valign="top">Indiana
University
and Ball State
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Blundell, Effects of Aspartame on Appetite and Food Intake. In Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function, Wurtman and Ritter-Walker, Editors, 1988;Birkhauser, Boston, 275-295.</td> <td valign="top">University
of Leeds</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Lipton RB, Newman LC, Cohen JS, Solomon S, Aspartame and Headache. The New England Journal of Medicine 1988 May 5;1200.</td> <td valign="top">Albert Einstein
College of
Medicine</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Lipton, et al., Aspartame as a Dietary Factor in Headache. Neurology 1988;38:356.</td> <td valign="top">National
Headache
Foundation</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Lipton, et al., Aspartame as a Dietary Trigger of Headache. Headache 1989;29(2):90-2.</td> <td valign="top">National
Headache
Foundation</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1988</td> <td valign="top">Koehler SM, Glaros A, The Effect of Aspartame on Migraine Headache. Headache 1988;28:10-13.</td> <td valign="top">Center for
Brain Sciences
and Metabolism
Charitable Trust &
The University of
Florida</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1989</td> <td valign="top">Potenza DD and el-Mallakh RS, Aspartame: Clinical Update. Conn Med 1989;53(7):395-400.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1989</td> <td valign="top">Holder MD and Yirmiya R, Behavioral Assessment of the Toxicity of Aspartame. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 1989;32:17-26.</td> <td valign="top">N.I.H.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1989</td> <td valign="top">Yost DA, Clinical Safety of Aspartame [Review].* AFP 1989 Feb;39(2):201-206.</td> <td valign="top">University
of Arizona</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="pink" valign="top">X</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1989</td> <td valign="top">Dow-Edwards DL, Scribani LA, Riley EP, et. al., Impaired Performance on Odor-Aversion Testing Following Prenatal Aspartame Exposure in the Guinea Pig. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 1989 Jul-Aug;11(4):413-416.</td> <td valign="top">Laboratory
of Cerebral
Metabolism,
State
University
of New York.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1989</td> <td valign="top">Dow-Edwards DL, Scribani LA, Riley EP, Impaired Performance on Odor-Aversion Testing Following Prenatal Aspartame Exposure in the Guinea Pig. Neurotoxicol Teratol 1989;11(4):413-6.</td> <td valign="top">State
University
of N.Y.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1989</td> <td valign="top">Bresnick, Excitotoxins: A Possible New Mechanism for the Pathogenesis of Ischemic Retinal Damage. Arch Opmalmol 1989 Mar;107(3):339-41.</td> <td valign="top">N.I.H.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1990</td> <td valign="top">Turdoff MG, and Alleva AM, Oral Stimulation with Aspartame Increases Hunger. Physiology Behavior 1990;47(3):555-9.</td> <td valign="top">None Specified</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1990</td> <td valign="top">Pan-Hou H, et. al., Effect of Aspartame on N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Sensitive L-[3H] Glutamate Binding Sites in Rat Brain Synaptic Membranes. Brain Res 1990;520(1-2):351-353.</td> <td valign="top">Setsunan
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">Strathman, Recurrent Vulvovaginitis Resulting From the Heavy Dietary Use of Aspartame. J Reprod Med 1991 Aug;36(8):572.</td> <td valign="top">No Funding</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">Roberts, Does Aspartame Cause Human Brain Cancer. Journal of Advancement in Medicine 4(4):231-241.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">Watts RS, Aspartame, Headaches and Beta Blockers. Headache 1991;31(3):181-2.</td> <td valign="top">None</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">Tilson HA, Hong JS, Sobotka TS, et. al., High Doses of Aspartame have no Effect on Sensorimotor Function or Learning and Memory in Rats. Neurotoxicology & Teratology 1991;13(1):27-35.</td> <td valign="top">FDA</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="pink" valign="top">X</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">McCauliffe DP, Poitras K, et. al., Aspartame-Induced Lobular Panniculitis. J Am Acad Dermatol 1991;24(2 Pt 1):298-300.</td> <td valign="top">U.S. Air
Force</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">Moller SE, Effect of Aspartame and Protein, Administered in Phenylalanine-Equivalent Doses on Plasma Neutral Amino Acids, Aspartate, Insulin and Glucose in Man. Pharmacol Toxicol 1991;68(5):408-12.</td> <td valign="top">St. Hans
Hospital,
Denmark</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">Diomed L, Romano M, Guiso G, et. al., Interspecies and Interstrain Studies on the Increased Susceptibility to Metrazol-Induced Convulsions in Animals given Aspartame. Food & Chem Toxicol 1991;29(2):101-106.</td> <td valign="top">Istituto di
Ricerche
Farmacologiche
Mario Negri,
Milan, Italy</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1991</td> <td valign="top">Guiso, et. al., Effect of Tyrosine on the Potentiation by Aspartame and Phenylalanine of Metrazol-Induced Convulsions in Rats. Food Chem Toxicol 1991 Dec;29(12):855-7.</td> <td valign="top">Instituto di
Ricerche
Farmacologiche
Mario Negri,
Italy,
Via Eritrea</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1992</td> <td valign="top">Tollefson L and Barnard RJ, An Analysis of FDA Passive Surveillance Reports of Seizures Associated with Consumption of Aspartame. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 1992;92(5):598-601.</td> <td valign="top">FDA</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="pink" valign="top">X</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1992</td> <td valign="top">Camfield PR, Camfield CS, Dooley JM, et. al., Aspartame Exacerbates EEG Spike Wave Discharge in Children With Generalized Absence Epilepsy: A Double-Blind Controlled Study. Neurology 1992;42:1000-1003.</td> <td valign="top">Ontario
Ministry
of Health</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1992</td> <td valign="top">Gulya AJ, Sessions RB, Troost TR, et. al., Aspartame and Dizziness: Preliminary Results of a Prospective, Nonblinded, Prevalence and Attempted Cross-over Study. American J of Otology 1992 Sept;13(5):438-42.</td> <td valign="top">Georgetown
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1993</td> <td valign="top">Shephard SE, Wakabayashi K, Nagao M, et. al., Mutagenic Activity of Peptides and the Artificial Sweetener Aspartame After Nitrosation. Food & Chemical Toxicol 1993;31(5):323-9.</td> <td valign="top">National
Cancer Center
Research
Institute * Japan</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1993</td> <td valign="top">Walton RG, Hudak R, Greenwaite RJ, Adverse Reaction to Aspartame: Double-Blind Challenge in Patients from a Vulnerable Population. Biological Psychiatry 1993;34(1-2):13-17.</td> <td valign="top">Western
Reserve
Care System</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1993</td> <td valign="top">Tollefson L, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Controlled Scientific Studies as Proof of Causation. * Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 1993;18:32-43.</td> <td valign="top">FDA</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="pink" valign="top">X</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1993</td> <td valign="top">Eshel Y and Sarova-Pincus I, Aspartame and Seizures. Neurology 1993;43(10):2154-2155.</td> <td valign="top">None Specified</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1993</td> <td valign="top">Kasamaki A, Uresawa S, et. al., The Effect of Food Chemicals on Cell Aging of Human Diploid Cells in Vitro Culture. J Toxicol Sci 1993;18(3):143-53.</td> <td valign="top">Sapparo Medical College Japan</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1993</td> <td valign="top">Meldrum, Amino Acids as Dietary Excitotoxins: A Contribution to Understanding Neurodegenerative Disorders. Brain Res Rev 1993 Sept-Dec;18(3):293-314.</td> <td valign="top">Institute
of
Psychiatry *
London</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1994</td> <td valign="top">Van Den Eeden SK, Koepsell TD, Langstreth WT Jr, et a., Aspartame Ingestion and Headaches: A randomized Crossover Trial. Neurology 1994;44(10):1787-93.</td> <td valign="top">University
of
Washington</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1994</td> <td valign="top">Stokes AF, Belger A, Banich MT, Bernadine E, et. al., Effects of Alcohol and Chronic Aspartame Ingestion Upon Performance in Aviation Relevant Cognitive Tasks. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 1994;65:7-15.</td> <td valign="top">FDA</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="pink" valign="top">X</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1994</td> <td valign="top">Olney, Excitotoxins in Foods. Neurotoxicology 1996;15(3):535-544.</td> <td valign="top">Washington
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1994</td> <td valign="top">Gerrard JW, Richardson JS, Donat J, et. al., Neuropharmacological Evaluation of Movement Disorders that are Adverse Reactions to Specific Foods. Int J Neurosci 1994 May;76(1-2):61-9.</td> <td valign="top">University
of
Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon,
Canada</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1994</td> <td valign="top">Barua J, Bal A, A Health Alert: Emerging Facts about Aspartame. Jour Diab Assoc India 1995;35(4):92-107.</td> <td valign="top">S. L. Raheja
Hospital
Bombay</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1995</td> <td valign="top">Sonnewald U, Muller T, Unsgaro G, Peterson SB, et. al., Effect of Aspartame on 45 CA Influx and LDH Leakage from Nerve Cells in Culture. Neuroreport 1995 45 CA;6(2);318-320.</td> <td valign="top">Research
Council
of Norway</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1995</td> <td valign="top">Kulczychi A Jr., Aspartame Induced Hives. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1995;95(2):639-40.</td> <td valign="top">Washington
University</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1996</td> <td valign="top">Roberts HJ, Aspartame as a Cause of Allergic Reactions, Including Anaphylaxis. Arch Intern Med 1996;156(9);1027-8.</td> <td valign="top">Palm Beach
Institute for
Medical
Research</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1996</td> <td valign="top">Olney JW, Farber NB, Spitznagel E, Robins L, Increasing Brain Tumor Rates: Is There a Link to Aspartame? Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 1996;55(11);1115-1123.</td> <td valign="top">N.I.M.H.</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1998</td> <td valign="top">Trocho C, Pardo R, Rafecas I, Virgili J, Remesar X, Fernandez-Lopez JA, Alemany M, Formaldehyde Derived From Dietary Aspartame Binds to Tissue Components In Vivo. Life Sciences 1998;63(5);337-349.</td> <td valign="top">Universitat
de
Barcelona</td> <td align="center" bgcolor="green" valign="top">X</td> <td align="center" valign="top">
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